"""All compositions by Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright and George Forrest"" Kismet (The Mastersounds album) Kismet (subtitled A Jazz Interpretation by the Mastersounds) is an album by The Mastersounds led by vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery with pianist Richie Crabtree, bassist Monk Montgomery and drummer Benny Barth along with guitarist Wes Montgomery featuring performances of tunes originally composed by Alexander Borodin and adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest for the musical ""Kismet"" recorded in 1958 and released on the World Pacific label. The Allmusic review by Matthew Greenwald stated ""Overall, an excellent jazz reading of one of the most beloved musicals ever"
"Kismet (1955 film) Kismet is a 1955 American musical-comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed. It was filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the fourth movie version of ""Kismet"". The first ""Kismet"" was released in 1920, the second ""Kismet"" in 1930 by Warner Brothers, and the third ""Kismet"", starring Ronald Coleman and Marlene Dietrich, was released by MGM in 1944. The 1955 film is based on the successful 1953 musical ""Kismet"", while the three earlier versions are based on the original 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. In old Baghdad, an impoverished"
"Kismet (play) Kismet is a three-act play written in 1911 by Edward Knoblauch (who later anglicised his name to Edward Knoblock). The title means Fate or Destiny in Turkish and Urdu. The play ran for two years in London and later opened in the United States. It was subsequently revived, and the story was later made into several films and the popular 1953 musical. ""Kismet"" was first produced by Oscar Asche at the Garrick Theatre, London, on 19 April 1911. Knoblock wrote the play for Asche, with the understanding that Asche could revise it. He shortened and partly re-wrote it"
"Carmen Jones Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre. Conceptually, it is Bizet's opera ""Carmen"" updated to a World War II-era African-American setting. (Bizet's opera was, in turn, based on the 1846 novella by Prosper Mérimée.) The Broadway musical was produced by Billy Rose, using an all-black cast, and directed by Hassard Short. Robert Shaw prepared the choral portions of the show. The original Broadway production starred Muriel Smith (alternating with Muriel Rahn)"
"of his compositions in the 1953 musical ""Kismet"", by Robert Wright and George Forrest, notably in the songs ""Stranger in Paradise"" and ""And This Is My Beloved"". In 1954, Borodin was posthumously awarded a Tony Award for this show. Borodin's music is full of romantic charm and enticing melody, and much of it also rings with the pageantry and landscape of old Russia; of onion-domed churches, richly decorated icons, and the vastness of the land. (Betty Fry) On November 12, 2018, Google recognized him with a doodle. Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (; 12 November 183327 February 1887) was a"
"In addition to playing the popular hits of the day and light classical and operatic fare, Deiro composed his own original compositions. In 1911, Deiro wrote the hit song ""Kismet"". Kismet became the theme song of a successful Broadway musical (1911) and was also featured in two Hollywood movies (1921, 1930). During his lifetime, he recorded more than 110 songs (primarily for Columbia Records, and occasionally for Edison phonograph cylinders). The records were enormously popular, and, along with his vaudeville stardom, helped to propel Deiro to the status of a minor celebrity in American culture. Throughout the teens and well"
"Sviatoslav Richter in the 1952 film ""Glinka – The Composer""; by Will Quadflieg in Max Ophüls's 1955 film Lola Montès; by Carlos Thompson in the 1955 film ""Magic Fire""; by Dirk Bogarde in the 1960 film ""Song Without End""; by Jeremy Irons in the 1974 BBC Television series ""Notorious Woman""; by Roger Daltrey in the 1975 Ken Russell film ""Lisztomania""; and by Julian Sands in the 1991 British-American film ""Impromptu"". Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (; , in modern usage ""Liszt Ferenc"" ; 22 October 181131 July 1886) was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist,"
"work of genius and the presence of the genius presiding over its performance brought us splendor and profound and moving glory."" It is noted that Hindemuth incorporated a Jewish melody, ""Gaza"", in his composition. Whitman's poem appears in the Broadway musical ""Street Scene"" (1946) which was the collaboration of composer Kurt Weill, poet and lyricist Langston Hughes, and playwright Elmer Rice. Rice adapted his 1929 Pulitzer prize-winning play of the same name for the musical. In the play, which premiered in New York City in January 1947, the poem's third stanza is recited, followed by duet, ""Don't Forget The Lilac"
"von Suppé,Overture to ""Poet and Peasant"" Ferenc Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.5 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Suite from the opera ""Snow Maiden"" Mikhail Glinka, Sonata for viola and piano in D minor (incomplete) (1835) Sergey Prokofiev, Suite from ballet ""Cinderella"" Handel-Halvorsen, Sarabande con Variazioni in G minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel for violin and cello (1897) (based on the original version for violin and viola) Francis Poulenc Robert Schumann, ""Märchenerzählungen"" for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 132 (originally for clarinet, viola and piano) Johannes Brahms, Two Songs, for contralto, cello and piano, Op. 91 (originally for contralto, viola and piano)"
"Richard Kiley Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical. Kiley created the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical ""Man of La Mancha"" and was the first to sing and record ""The Impossible Dream"", the hit song from the show. In the 1953 hit musical ""Kismet"", he played the Caliph and was one of the quartet introducing the song ""And"
"Records), soloists: Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich. Another CD, of the Thirteenth String Quartet by Shostakovich and the quintet by Brahms (Sony Classics), was acclaimed ""Best Album of 1998"" by ""The Strad"" magazine, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. As a soloist and a conductor, Bashmet has performed with leading symphony orchestras: Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Вауrische Rundfunk, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Paris Orchestra, etc. Repertoire with these orchestras has included the symphonic works of Brahms, Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. A particularly noted"
"Cosima Wagner Cosima Wagner (born Francesca Gaetana Cosima Liszt; 24 December 1837 – 1 April 1930) was the illegitimate daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult. She became the second wife of the German composer Richard Wagner, and with him founded the Bayreuth Festival as a showcase for his stage works; after his death she devoted the rest of her life to the promotion of his music and philosophy. Commentators have recognised Cosima as the principal inspiration for Wagner's later works, particularly ""Parsifal"". In 1857, after a childhood largely spent under the care of her"
"Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera ""Peter Grimes"" (1945), the ""War Requiem"" (1962) and the orchestral showpiece ""The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"" (1945). Born in Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer"
"Wright, and George Forrest to create using the music of Edvard Grieg. The production later went on to have a successful Broadway run. Wright and Forrest created several more original works for the LACLO, most notably the 1953 musical ""Kismet"", which had an even greater success in New York. Perhaps the most successful original work to be produced at the LACLO was the 1954 musical version of ""Peter Pan"" which Lester orchestrated as a star vehicle for Mary Martin. After opening in Los Angeles, the production moved to Broadway, winning Martin a Tony Award. The LACLO also exported a number"
"by Thomas Mohr (Don Quixote), Michelle Breedt (Mercedes) and James Wagner (Sancho Pansa). Don Quixote (opera) Don Quixote, Op. 50 is an opera in three acts by Wilhelm Kienzl. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Kienzl composed the opera in 1896, completing the full score on 9 October 1897, the 350th birthday of Cervantes (according to the composer's note in the score Cervantes was born on 9 October 1547). He dedicated the opera to """""""" (""""the Manes of the great Cervantes""""). The score was published by Musikverlages Bote & G. Bock"
"Dreams of Love – Liszt Dreams of Love – Liszt (, also known in English as ""The Loves of Liszt"") is a Hungarian-Soviet epic musical/drama produced and directed by Márton Keleti, based on the biography of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt. While the movie was criticized for some of its historical inaccuracies, its epic scope and intense scenes of virtuoso musical performances won wide praise and has been credited with affecting the cultural landscape of the 1970s Eastern Europe. An epic film about the Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt. He is an international star giving performances"
"compositions include orchestral works, songs and ballads, short choral works, piano pieces, and works for violin. He also composed the musical plays ""For Ever After"", ""Luana"" and ""Khan Zala"" and edited the ""Queen’s College Hymn Book"". His transcriptions for orchestra include works by Bach, and for piano / organ works by Stravinsky (""Firebird suite""), Falla (""El amor brujo"") and Bizet (""Carmen"") Maurice Besly Edward Maurice Besly (28 January 1888 - 12 April (?), 1945) was an English composer, conductor, schoolteacher, organist and arranger best known for his popular ballads, ""The Second Minuet"" and ""Time, You Old Gipsy Man"". More ambitious"
"fiddlers Csaba Ökrös and Balázs Vizeli, cimbalomist Kálmán Balogh, violinist Félix Lajkó (from Subotica in Serbia) and multi-instrumentalist Mihály Dresch. Hungary's most important contribution to the worldwide field of European classical music is probably Franz Liszt, a renowned pianist in his own time and a well-regarded composer of 19 ""Hungarian Rhapsodies"" and a number of symphonic poems such as ""Les préludes"". Liszt was among the major composers during the late 19th century, a time when modern Hungarian classical music was in its formative stage. Along with Liszt and his French Romantic tendencies, Ferenc Erkel's Italian and French-style operas, with Hungarian"
"Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ""Carmen"", which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire. During a brilliant student career at the Conservatoire de Paris, Bizet won many prizes, including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857. He was recognised as an outstanding pianist, though he chose not to"
"of these productions to Broadway. Wright and Forrest had an affinity for adapting classical music themes and adding lyrics to these themes for Hollywood and the Broadway musical stage. Wright said that the music was usually a 50-50 ""collaboration"" between Wright and Forrest and the composer. While both men were credited equally as composer-lyricists, it was Forrest who worked with the music. Forrest and Wright won a Tony Award for their work on ""Kismet"" and in 1995 they were awarded the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award. He was cremated at Cofer-Kolski-Combs mortuary, Miami, and his ashes given to his executor."
"productions. His cinema scores covered a similarly broad range. He wrote the music for more than a dozen French films, and for American directors he composed a score for Orson Welles's 1948 film of ""Macbeth"", and the ""Circus"" ballet for Gene Kelly's ""Invitation to the Dance"" in 1952. Jacques Ibert Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 18905 February 1962) was a French composer of classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in"
"and ballet directly or indirectly inspired by the myth of Prometheus have included renderings by some of the major composers of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this tradition, the orchestral representation of the myth has received the most sustained attention of composers. These have included the symphonic poem by Franz Liszt titled ""Prometheus"" from 1850, among his other Symphonic Poems (No. 5, S.99). Alexander Scriabin composed """", Opus 60 (1910), also for orchestra. In the same year Gabriel Fauré composed his three-act opera ""Prométhée"" (1910). Charles-Valentin Alkan composed his ""Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges'"" (1847), with the 4th"
"is a list of studio recordings. A comprehensive list of all recordings of ""Prince Igor"" may be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Audio Video In the American musical ""Kismet"" (1953), most of the score was adapted from works by Borodin. Themes from the Polovtsian Dances from ""Prince Igor"" were used extensively and the ""Gliding Dance of the Maidens"" provided the melody for the popular hit song ""Stranger in Paradise"" In ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Simpson Tide"", the Boyar's Chorus (Act 1, Scene 2) plays while tanks emerge from parade floats during a peace parade on Red Square in front of Saint Basil's, soldiers"
"in Herder's drama, which carries over into the symphonic poem, from the furious opening (marked ""Allegro energico ed adagio assai"") to the principal musical material (marked ""Allegro molto appassionato""). As with the other symphonic poems written during the Weimar period, ""Prometheus"" was also transcribed for piano four-hands and two pianos. Additionally, the organist and composer Jean Guillou has transcribed ""Prometheus"" for organ solo. Prometheus (Liszt) Franz Liszt composed his Prometheus in 1850, numbering it No. 5 in his cycle of symphonic poems when he revised it in 1855. The work is based on the Greek myth detailing the Titan Prometheus'"
"due to the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, who in 1846 began composing 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano, five of which were later orchestrated, thus being the first pieces of music by a major composer to incorporate sources from so-called “peasant music”. These works, which broke free from classical tradition, were often viewed by the elite as brash and unrefined, yet they deeply influenced others, like Johannes Brahms, and later Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, even having an influence on American jazz. During the 20th century, Hungarian composers were influenced by the traditional music of their nation which may be considered"
"and choral director. His obituary in the local news and the ""Musical Times"" claimed that he was a founding member of ASCAP, but the 1966 ASCAP Dictionary says that he joined in 1932. Rasbach composed two operettas, around 20 published songs, solos for student pianists, and a few arrangements and instrumental pieces. His most important musical composition was his 1922 setting of ""Trees"", the popular poem by Joyce Kilmer, published by G. Schirmer. It was performed and recorded by many important singers of the 20th century, such as Ernestine Schumann-Heink, John Charles Thomas, Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill, Paul Robeson, Richard"
"Lehman Engel A. Lehman Engel (born September 14, 1910, Jackson, Mississippi; died August 29, 1982, New York City) was an American composer and conductor of Broadway musicals, television and film. Engel worked in a variety of positions on television specials. He was composer and conductor of the music for the famed 1954 television production of Shakespeare's ""Macbeth"", starring Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson, but did not work on the 1960 remake starring the same two actors. He was conductor of the first (and so far, the only) television version of Leonard Bernstein's ""Wonderful Town"" (1958) (TV), as well as, in"
"an honorary doctorate from Franklin and Marshall College in 1965. Bennett was the first president of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC). Robert Russell Bennett Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. In 1957 and 2008, Bennett received Tony Awards recognizing his orchestrations for Broadway shows. Early in his career he was often billed as Russell Bennett. Robert Russell Bennett"
"original Broadway productions such as ""Saravà"", ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", ""Song & Dance"" and ""Beauty and the Beast"". Friedman is the composer of 4 musicals with Tony Award Nominated book writer/lyricist Peter Kellogg. ""Chasing Nicolette"", based upon the 13th Century romance Aucassin et Nicolette), has been produced at locations such as the Little Shubert Theatre in New York City, the Westport Country Playhouse, and the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia. A Christmas oratorio called ""King Island Christmas"", written with librettist Deborah Brevoort, has had over 40 productions worldwide. Friedman is also co-composer, with David Pomeranz and Kathie Lee"
"include ""The Book about Stravinsky"" and ""Glinka"" (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948). Boris Asafyev Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev, PAU (; 27 January 1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in St. Petersburg. Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions include ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets include ""Flames of Paris"", based on the French Revolution, and ""The Fountain of Bakhchisarai"", which was first performed in 1934, and was"
"depended so much on the individuals involved in the Broadway presentation."" Seesaw (musical) Seesaw is a 1973 American musical with a book by Michael Bennett, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Based on the William Gibson play ""Two for the Seesaw"", the plot focuses on a brief affair between Jerry Ryan, a young lawyer from Nebraska, and Gittel Mosca, a kooky, streetwise dancer from the Bronx. The musical numbers evoke colorful aspects of New York City life but have relatively little to do with the story. The most notable feature of the score's original orchestrations by Larry"
"- Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss 43. The Lady's Tale - Carmina Burana by Carl Orff 44. Outlanders - Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 45. The Savage Flames - The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky 46. Sealed Orders - Symphony No 1 by Brahms 47. Caught in the Act - Dance Suite by Béla Bartók 48. On the Battlefield - Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture 49. Trouble with Time - Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain 50. Treason and Plot - Baroque Music by Albinoni, Pachelbel and Corelli 51. The Happy Dragon - Schubert's Symphony No 5 52."
"of the ""War Requiem"", ""Peter Grimes"" and other works in four continents. In the US the centennial events were described as ""coast to coast,"" with a Britten festival at Carnegie Hall, and performances at the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Notes References Sources Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera ""Peter"